Make Friends With Yourself! A Message From the Universe

Spiritual guidance for the week ahead, or whenever you happen to see this 🙂

Today’s Message From the Universe invites you to make friends with yourself!

We are our own worst enemies. We contort ourselves to fit into impossible standards and wonder why doing what we’re supposed to doesn’t seem to work. We compare ourselves to a filtered and distorted reality that always shows its best face.

In a world that profits from our fear and insecurities, self-love and acceptance are an act of rebellion!

I know that the term “self-love” can seem like an impossible thing, but it’s not! I think our expectations about loving ourselves can be quite skewed, so it might help to think of it as making friends with yourself. This isn’t about that crazy love you experience in a romantic relationship; it’s much more subtle than that.

This is about taking a good look at who you are, flaws and all, and accepting that this is who you are, including the good stuff! Some things will change over the years. You will meet and miss goals, be beautiful to some, and not much of a fit for others. You will make mistakes and do amazing things, sometimes in the same moment!

Think of your relationship with yourself as you might think of a good friend.

Sure, sometimes they might get on your nerves, and there will be things you disagree on, but you love them despite their flaws and differences. You’re definitely not going to tell them they’re a piece of shit when they mess up or think less of them because they’ve got a muffin top or wrinkles.

When you catch yourself thinking those awful things about yourself, respond to them as if you were responding to a good friend or a child. Support and encourage yourself, remind yourself that you are so much more than your flaws! Write down a list of things you love about yourself so you can refer to them when you are feeling down.

The more you catch and redirect your difficult thoughts, the more natural it becomes.

You don’t fall in love with yourself; you build that love over time. You don’t finally learn to love yourself, then never have to work at it again; it’s a choice you make, every day, to be kind to yourself in both thought and action. It’s prioritizing your peace and setting boundaries for yourself as well as others.

This is the love that makes everything else in life flourish!

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